London: A 81-year-old pensioner in the UK who left a mark on the world when he turned into the main man on the planet to have the Coronavirus vaccination has died of an unrelated illness, the British media reported on Tuesday. William Shakespeare hit worldwide features on December 8 a year ago when he turned into the main man to have the hit to battle against the Covid at the University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire .
William Shakespeare received his first Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine at the same hospital shortly after 91-year-old Margaret Keenan, who became the world's first person to get the jab. Coventry councilor Jayne Innes, a companion of Shakespeare, said he had died on Thursday (May 20) and added the "best accolade for Bill is to have the jab". Bill, as he was affectionately known, died after a time of ailment at a similar hospital where he famously received his vaccine, CoventryLive reported.
Shakespeare had worked at Rolls Royce and was a parish councillor. William Shakespeare had served his nearby local area in Allesley for over thirty years and was an inpatient on the clinic's feebleness ward at the hour of his first jab, said it had been "magnificent". Shakespeare leaves his wife Joy, their two adult sons and grandchildren, the BBC reported. West Midlands Labour group said on Twitter: "Bill made global headlines as [the first] man to have Covid vaccine. "His decades of service to the party were recently recognised by Labour Party leader Keir Starmer. "Our thoughts are with Joy and Bill's family and friends."
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